Category Archives: Pelham’s Laws

Pelham’s Second Law of Political Solutions

Pelham’s Second Law of Political Solutions:  In a society of cognitive misers, government’s interest in solving problems increases in direct proportion to the amount of personal benefit the governors expect to gain from the proposed solution.      

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Pelham’s First Law of Political Solutions

Pelham’s Law of Political Solutions:  In a society of cognitive misers, the more popular a political solution is, the less likely it is to be effective for its stated purpose.  

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Pelham’s Law of Cognitive Error

Pelham’s Law of Cognitive Error:  “I am most likely wrong about many things.” Cognitive science has solidly identified certain traits of human behavior by which people operate habitually at a sub-optimal level.  We make frequent cognitive errors, some of which … Continue reading

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